If this is your first visit, be sure to
check out the FAQ by clicking the
link above. You may have to register
before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,
select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Their third New York City show in the last two years with new(ish) frontman Tony Sylvester on vocals, Turbonegro played to a solid crowd at Irving Plaza last night. Dirty Fences came out first to warm up the crowd and blasted through a pretty solid half hour or so of straight up, no-nonsense rock n roll. Their new album, Too High To Kross, is awesome and if you get a chance to check these guys out,
...

Ron Asheton was ridiculously influential. He earned his place in music history as the original lead guitarist on the Stooges' first two albums. When it came time for the third album, Raw Power, he played bass
...

Joey Ramone’s been gone for a while now and nobody can realistically ever fill his shoes. So there was a bit of trepidation on the part of this writer when it came time to check out Marky Ramone’s Blitzkrieg with the unlikely choice of Andrew WK on lead vocals. Not that Andrew isn’t awesome, because he is – nobody preaches the gospel of the power of positive partying like he does and his conviction and dedication to the good
...

Manitoba Live At This Ain't Hollywood, Hamilton Ontario, April 20, 2013.

Almost exactly one year after their first appearance at This Ain’t Hollywood in Hamilton, Ontario, Handsome Dick Manitoba, took his crew Manitoba back on tour for a few more quick dates in Ontario. Once again made up of originals Dictators and former Manowar guitar player Ross ‘The Boss,’ former Dictators drummer JP ‘Thunderbolt’ Patterson, Daniel Rey on guitar and Dean Rispler on bass the band once again proved that there’s still a whole lot of life left in bad ass rock n roll.

The night opened up with a set from Hamilton natives Illusion Avenue, a group of high school age kids before Tongue Fu came out. Lead by TAH’s owner, Lou Molinaro with the mighty
...

Danko Jones – Live At The Best Buy Times Square Theater, New York City 4-9-13

Their first show in New York City in over two years (they last played The Studio At Webster Hall in February of 2011) saw Canadians Danko Jones opening for Danish band Volbeat at the Best Buy Times Square Theater on 44th and Broadway last night. Most of the sold out crowd was definitely there for the headlining act – but we left after Danko’s set. You can blame a long
...

Ok, first things first, The Templars opened and we missed them. Why? Because parking sucks in Williamsburg and it sucks hard. Lots of things suck in Williamsburg, really, but parking does tend to top the list. Serves us right for driving. At any rate, we came in as they were finishing their set and the one song we heard sounded great, but there wasn’t time to take pictures. Also worth pointing out is that the pictures from this show aren’t really anything to write home about, because I spaced on getting
...

Formed in Berlin in 1980, Germany’s Einsturzende Neubauten (which translates into English as Collapsing New Buildings) is still going strong at the time of this writing, more than three decades after their humble beginnings. A very important act in the
...

Japan's premiere ambassadors of heavy metal played at The Studio At Webster Hall on Friday, October 12, 2012 - playing in the middle of a bill featuring Math The Band and headliners Peelander-Z. Aside from an unusually aggressive fat old guy in a Green Lantern shirt trying to
...

As part of their current tour with Roll The Tanks and The Koffin Kats, Boston’s The Street Dogs played an early show at the Highline Ballroom on the west side of Manhattan last night. The headliners were on stage by 8:30 and played for almost ninety minutes solid, blasting through a solid set of content from throughout their ten year career. Surprisingly, the encore consisted of
...

Tesco Vee and his latest incarnation of the three decade old Meatmen played Europa in Brooklyn on August 31, 2012. Taking the stage looking resplendent in his Flamenco style ABBA pants, a feather boa, light up devil horns and a blinking LED belt buckle reminding us that ‘YOU SUCK’ he thrust a giant inflatable cock into the crowd and showered them with confetti.
...

To tell you the absolute truth, I hate going to concerts by myself. Despite the fact that conversation between co-attendees is generally governed by gig volume and breaks between the songs, it’s always nice to be able to turn to your friend(s) and do the “Fuck, yeah” nod in appreciation of what you’re witnessing taking place on
...

Former front man for The Dictators, Handsome Dick Manitoba, took his new band, simply called Manitoba, on tour for a few quick dates in Ontario this past weekend. Made up of originals Dictators and former Manowar guitar player Ross The Boss and former Dictators drummer JP Patterson as well as newcomers Daniel Rey on guitar and Dean Rispler on bass, these mighty men of rock n roll put Hamilton venue This Ain’t Hollywood under the thunder much to the delight of the rowdy crowd.

As seems to be the norm for the band, they opened quite rightly with The Party
...

Pulp’s first New York City show since 1998 took place at one of the city’s most historic venues last night and while the band may have aged they haven’t slowed down in the least. Without a single new song to perform the band tore through two hours of what was basically a greatest hits show (with a few omissions – no ‘Help The Aged’ or ‘Cocaine Socialism’ sadly!) with an emphasis on material from the Different Class album.

An amusing laser light show asked the audience a few interesting questions
...

Full disclosure: I’ve never been much of a Dinosaur Jr. fan. I tried to get into them when I was in highschool as I had some friends who were absolutely rabid for them, but it never clicked for me. Don’t get me wrong, they were never a band I hated or anything, but their
...